Nominees 2004

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented every two years by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to children's literature.

In 2004 IBBY National Sections from 30 countries made their selections, submitting the following 26 authors and 27 illustrators as candidates for the 2004 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:

The International Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury, under the chairmanship of Jeffrey Garrett (USA) and with members from Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the USA and Venezuela, met in April 2004, to select from among these nominations the winners of the 2004 Andersen Awards. The results were made public at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, April 2004. The Awards were presented on 5 September 2004.